California

Theodore Roosevelt declines an invitation from J. M. Eddy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-21

Theodore Roosevelt declines the invitation from G. W. Harney.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-17

Theodore Roosevelt is unable to accept the invitation from J. Frederic Tams because he will not reach California before March 21.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-11

Theodore Roosevelt tells Robert Means Thompson that he cannot accept his invitation because he will not arrive in California before March 21.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-11

Theodore Roosevelt sends his travel itinerary to Stephen H. Landon and invites him to join the Arizona portion of Roosevelt’s trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-14

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs George W. Brewster that Roosevelt cannot accept his invitation. California Governor Hiram Johnson and his son Ted Roosevelt are making his arrangements.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-11

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary advises J. H. Francis, superintendent of Los Angeles schools, that all of the arrangements for Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to California are being made by Governor Hiram Johnson. Francis should contact him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-04

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Amanda M. Hicks that all arrangements for Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to California are being made through Governor Hiram Johnson. She should contact Johnson to see if it is possible for her to see Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-04

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Harry S. McCallum that all arrangements for Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to California are being made through Governor Hiram Johnson. He should contact Johnson to discuss Roosevelt’s schedule.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-04

Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Dalice H. Steele that all arrangements for Roosevelt’s visit to California are being made through Governor Hiram Johnson. Steele should contact Johnson to see if it is possible for Roosevelt to do what he wants.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-04

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary acknowledges receipt of Benjamin Ide Wheeler and Galloway’s letters. He instructs Wheeler to forward future invitations to either Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt or Governor Hiram Johnson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-30

Theodore Roosevelt informs W. T. Payne that he is unable to attend the Unitarian Club of California reception.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-19

Theodore Roosevelt asks Dix W. Smith how long a round trip from California to Nevada would take.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-17

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Ted about the Christmas gift he is sending. Roosevelt informs his son about the speeches he will be giving in California and requests that Ted contact Governor Johnson about setting up a public speech. Roosevelt is concerned with the growing turmoil in the political groups and the formation of the Progressive Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-02

Theodore Roosevelt was delighted to read his son Ted’s letter describing the political situation in California, and was especially glad that he and his wife Eleanor Butler Roosevelt have not been unduly swayed by “nine-tenths of the social leaders,” who he feels are gradually moving away from what he believes is right.  He wholeheartedly approves of the way that Ted has sought to avoid the spotlight and publicity, and Roosevelt is especially proud of his son and daughter-in-law’s actions in “bearing out [his] preaching by their practice.” Roosevelt inserts, in the private letter to his son, a portion which he says Ted can share with several people in which he comments on how he would like to support Hiram Johnson for governor of California, but explains why this is impossible for him to do directly.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-08-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt agrees that if he accepts a presidential nomination from the Progressive Party the reelection of President Wilson will be assured. He feels it to be his patriotic duty to stop Wilson’s reelection and will support the Republican candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, even though he has contempt for most Republican leaders. The Progressives only remain a viable party in California and Louisiana but that is primarily due to the influence of John M. Parker in Louisiana and Governor Johnson in California.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-06-23

Theodore Roosevelt informs George E. Miller that the Senators have informed him that they will not support Philander C. Knox for President because of Knox’s positions on Mexico and foreign affairs during his time as Secretary of State. Miller should speak with Senator Albert B. Fall about his facts regarding Knox. Roosevelt instructs Miller to make it clear that Roosevelt is not supporting any one man for the presidency. However, if Roosevelt could choose the next President, it would be Hiram Johnson. He wishes that the Republicans would nominate Johnson, but believes that is “too much to expect.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-12-27

Theodore Roosevelt is pleased to hear from a Progressive like J. J. Nichols, but suggests that he contact Hiram Johnson, Meyer Lissner, and Chester Rowell, as they are the politicians that Roosevelt follows in California.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-11-27

Theodore Roosevelt is sorry that Meyer Lissner and California Governor Hiram Johnson are disappointed with him but Roosevelt did not want to interfere by offering advice. Roosevelt discusses his grandchildren and a blanket that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is knitting for the Governor’s grandchild. Roosevelt asks if Lissner and his wife Ermine Greenhood Lissner might visit this winter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-11-06

Theodore Roosevelt tells Benjamin F. Harris that while he is glad he spoke at Plattsburgh, New York, and at the Panama-California Exposition, he does not believe further speeches on preparedness will be useful this winter. If he were to accept any invitation to speak at a college, however, it would be the one offered by President Edmund J. James of The University of Illinois. Roosevelt hopes that Harris will visit him if he is ever in New York and says that he enjoyed the speech Harris sent him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-10-18